Editors' Review

New Super Mario Forever 2012 looks and feels just like the real deal, even down to the music. Though it takes far too long to set up and there are a few kinks, it's a great way to get your Mario fix. If you like gaming on your computer, it beats dusting off the old Nintendo or paying big bucks for the original games on eBay.

During installation, this game will try to change your homepage and search to Bing. Make sure you opt out of that if you don't want it. The game takes a while to install and displays an error unless you run it as an administrator. Even if you're logged in as the administrator account, it makes you right-click and choose "Run as administrator." The game does play smoothly once you've finally set it up. It even runs with premier graphics and sound on computers with older processors. If you didn't know any better, you'd believe New Super Mario Forever 2012 was made by Nintendo. The only unprofessional elements are the frequent instances of broken English. The really smooth gameplay and abundance of levels make up for that, though. The game even supports USB controllers and expands well to HDTVs if you want to play it like you would on a console.

If you don't mind jumping through hoops, this game offers a real treat. It's almost like a whole new Mario experience you've never played before. If you can't get enough emulators and 8-bit goodness, you have to try New Super Mario Forever 2012.

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Publisher's Description

From Softendo Download Games:
If you remember the oldest of Mario games, you cannot just pass this title by! Mario Forever is a remake of the classic Super Mario Bros game, which will make you busy for long hours, even if you haven't played Mario before! Impersonate the friendly plumber once more to guide him through 8 different worlds of this platform game, through countless monsters and obstacles, to help him beat the evil dragon Koopa and save the imprisoned Princess Peach - all while listening to pleasant, cheerful music. Mario Forever has also renewed graphics and much better scrolling in comparison to the original Mario.

The game does look nice at a limited resolution. Beyond that, its not very playable with its defects or problems.

Cons

This is a really strange game in that it constantly launches web browser pages from the author's site during the game. When you click on an action button a page gets launched. Whether this is a defect or an intentional action, its hard to imagine anyone playing this game beyond a minute. Another issue is the lack of higher resolutions.

This piece of VERY badly written software is an absolutely horrid mess. Stay away from this. It will not only attempt to install/change your search engine settings (that is a trojan) it will also install other processes and back door to your system.

Summary

Stay away from this garbage. I tested it on a virtual machine and it was a mess.
Go to ebay and buy a wii, works a lot better. If not purchase a legitimate emulator.

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What's new in version 7.02

Deleted annoying adds during the game.
Deleted opening browser during the game.
Some bug fixes.
Added new Fans worlds.
Added Worlds created by Hagalta and Luigimann worlds to fan game section in save game room.
Added World by Crist1919 to fan game section in save game room.
Some graphics enhancement.